diff --git a/doc/user/project/deploy_tokens/index.md b/doc/user/project/deploy_tokens/index.md
index ae25c23f02ddbe6624f98b41757c74d8e042b239..ab7081ef37197e333e6852fa6d9c8b0d7a54a67c 100644
--- a/doc/user/project/deploy_tokens/index.md
+++ b/doc/user/project/deploy_tokens/index.md
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ A deploy token is a pair of values:
   `gitlab+deploy-token-{n}`. You can specify a custom username when you create the deploy token.
 - **token**: `password` in the HTTP authentication framework.
 
+Deploy tokens do not support [SSH authentication](../../ssh.md).
+
 You can use a deploy token for [HTTP authentication](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Authentication)
 to the following endpoints: